Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and 42 U.S.C.

Sec. 9622(d)(2), notice is hereby given that on January 30, 1997, a

Consent Decree was lodged in United States v. E.I. DuPont deNemours et

al., Civil Action No. 3:CV-97-149, with the United States District

Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

The Complaint in this case was filed under Sections 106 and 107 of

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9606 and 9607,

with respect to the Bell Landfill Superfund Site located in Bradford

County, Pennsylvania, against E.I. DuPont deNemours & Co., GTE

Operations Support, Inc., and Masonite Corporation. Pursuant to the

terms of the Consent Decree, which resolves claims under the above-

mentioned statute and under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6973, the settling defendants

will perform the clean-up of the site, which EPA estimates will cost

$3,500,000, reimburse the Superfund for response costs incurred by the

United States in the amount of $176,000, and reimburse the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania for response costs in the amount of $35,000.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. E.I. DuPont deNemours et al., Civil Action No. 3:CV-

97-149, DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1390A. Commenters may request an

opportunity for a public meeting in the affected area, in accordance

with Section 7003(d) of RCRA.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 228 Walnut

Street, Federal Building, Suite 217, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Copies

of the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-624-0892) and the offices of the

Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. When requesting a copy by mail,

please enclose a check in the amount of $25.75 (twenty-five cents per

page reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-3636 Filed 2-12-97; 8:45 am]

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